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2016 in Retrospect: Our Top 5 Blog Posts

It’s been busier than ever at Materialise this year, and we’re proud to have worked on so many amazing projects! We’ve also gone through quite a few changes – from an entire rebranding to a new website, we’re feeling fresh and ready for a new year. Let’s take a look at the five most popular blog posts of 2016!

If you were lucky enough to be in New York this summer, you might have visited Manus x Machina, curator Andrew Bolton’s latest exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exploring the tension between traditionally hand-made haute couture and machine-made off-the-shelf clothing, the exhibition featured no less than five dresses 3D-printed by Materialise!

If you were lucky enough to be in New York this summer, you might have visited Manus x Machina, curator Andrew Bolton’s latest exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exploring the tension between traditionally hand-made haute couture and machine-made off-the-shelf clothing, the exhibition featured no less than five dresses 3D-printed by Materialise!

The winds of change have been blowing down the halls of Materialise this year and the result was a complete makeover. What does it take to design a new logo and an entire corporate look? Find out about the creative process in this blog post.

In what promises to be an industry-changing collaboration, Materialise and Hoya launched Yuniku – the world’s first vision-centric eyewear platform where eyewear lenses as well as frames are designed to fit the facial structure of the wearer. The customer will be able to walk into their local optician, get their face scanned, and receive their 3D-printed glasses!

Meet Yano De Laet, a young boy who suffers from cerebral palsy. He was one of the first test subjects for the 3D-printed Hibbot, a device which enables children with cerebral palsy to walk unaided, and with their hands free. By using the device, children can train their pelvic muscles and improve their walking skills - to the point that they can sometimes avoid being confined to a wheelchair later in life! Discover Yano’s story here.

We hope 2017 will be just as exciting and innovative as 2016 has been. You can follow our latest projects on our website or on the Materialise blog.